Hank Goldberg

Hank Goldberg has had a life that is the dream of many young men. His father, Hy Goldberg, was a longtime baseball writer for the Newark Star-Ledger . While other kids dreamed of meeting Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, Hank got to play catch with them at Yankees' spring training. "When I was a kid playing stickball in the street, I could do the Mickey Mantle home run trot perfectly," Hank says. He moved to South Florida in 1966 for a job in advertising, then began his radio talk career in 1970.

Mandich-isms. The colloquialisms, inflections and catchphrases of the late South Florida broadcasting treasure Jim Mandich will live on through his numerous fans and their recollections of his calls of Dolphins games or an enjoyable drive time, coming back home after a hard day at work, or perhaps even a day spent, as Jim put it with a wink, as a "corporate, time-stealing weasel. " During the 1990s, Mandich rose in popularity as his ebullient screams of "Yeahhhhhhhh!" or "All right, Miami!"

HANK GOLDBERG IS TRYING TO TALK, shmoozing with clients and sports people, but the phone in his office keeps ringing. Behind him, the wall is filled with the memorabilia of a man with three careers: a photo of Hank the TV sportscaster with Joe DiMaggio, one of Hank the ad agency exec on the set of a client`s commercial, and an award shaped like a microphone for Hank the radio sportscaster. Impressive stuff -- but the best photo is of Hank the Wonder Dog. Well, Hank Goldberg the greyhound, to be exact.

Hank Goldberg has had a life that is the dream of many young men. His father, Hy Goldberg, was a longtime baseball writer for the Newark Star-Ledger . While other kids dreamed of meeting Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, Hank got to play catch with them at Yankees' spring training. "When I was a kid playing stickball in the street, I could do the Mickey Mantle home run trot perfectly," Hank says. He moved to South Florida in 1966 for a job in advertising, then began his radio talk career in 1970.

I'm tired of hearing Hank Goldberg badmouth South Florida sports fans for not supporting local sports teams. Charles Bricker hit the nail on the head in his Nov. 30 column: Sportscasters and sportswriters have no concept of the cost and pain-in-the-butt it is to take one's family to one of these events. HARVEY SLAVIN Hollywood

Rick Weaver, the longtime radio voice of the Dolphins, died Saturday in Grosse Point, Mich., where he had been living since retiring from his broadcasting duties in 1993. He was 74. Team spokesman Harvey Greene said Weaver died of colon cancer. "To me, he will always be the signature voice of the Miami Dolphins," said Hank Goldberg, a WQAM talk show host who worked with Weaver for 15 years. Weaver began play-by-play duties for the Dolphins in 1971 and was with them through some of their greatest years, including the 1972 perfect season.

Hank Goldberg became the third South Florida sports personality Wednesday to accept a position on ESPN2, the new all-sports cable network. Goldberg will continue to host his afternoon call-in show on WQAM (560-AM). But he must give up his role on WTVJ-Channel 4 Sports Final on Sunday nights because he will be at ESPN2's Bristol, Conn. studios on weekends. Joe Rose, the former Dolphin tight end who co-hosts The First Team on WQAM, will replace Goldberg on Sports Final. Goldberg will serve as a pro football beat reporter on ESPN 2. The network is set to begin airing Oct. 1.

WQAM (560-AM) sports talk show host Hank Goldberg was taken off the air Tuesday after a parking-lot incident with the station's general sales manager Luanne Winick. Winick was blocking a parking space with her car door open, according to Goldberg, who was trying to park. Goldberg honked his horn. Winick closed her door, and Goldberg said she gave him an angry look. Goldberg cursed at her. "I'm ready to go back to work, but I don't know what's going on," said Goldberg, who is in New Orleans this weekend on a horse-racing assignment for ESPN.

Along with all the problems Hialeah experienced with its tote system and track, another developed Saturday afternoon when radio talk show host Hank Goldberg got into an altercation in the track's Directors Room with Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez. Goldberg, disappointed that he couldn't wager when the AutoTote system crashed, turned around after leaving the window and said, "They ought to put this place mercifully to sleep." This is where the versions differ. "[Martinez) said if you don't like it, get the bleep out of here," Goldberg said.

Big changes were announced on WQAM Thursday but not as big as some had anticipated. While the station will add sports shows and/or segments to its lineup beginning Monday, WQAM will not go to an all-sports format. The worst kept secret on South Florida radio the last two weeks was that former Channel 6 sports anchor Ed Berliner would host a show on WQAM between 3 and 5 p.m. On Thursday, it became official. Ed Berliner`s Press Box will open for business Monday. "It won`t be your standard sports show," said Stu Opperman, who becomes WQAM`s new director of programming after serving as producer for John Moynihan`s Sportsline.

Posted by Tom Jicha on September 26, 2009 01:26 PM, September 26, 2009

Hank Goldberg, star of TV and radio, is going to be a movie star. OK, not a star, but he will have a role as a sportswriter in Secretariat. Goldberg is going to Lexington, Ky, this coming week to film his part at Keeneland race course. He says he's really excited. "Diane Lane (who is a star of the racing movie) is going to be there."

What would John Madden do if he was hiring the next Dolphins coach? "I'd start at the top, go after [Mike] Shanahan, [Mike] Holmgren, [Bill] Cowher, [Bill] Belichick," Madden, ABC's Monday Night Football analyst, told Hank Goldberg on Goldberg's afternoon radio show on WQAM on Thursday. "You might not get the guy, but I'd try that first. He could be free now or he could be free in a year. The Dolphins are a franchise that needs a change of direction, and they need a top guy. Not a coordinator or a college guy. "Teams that go after an NFL assistant ... it's a real crapshoot if he hasn't [been a head coach]

Football and tennis viewers are covered Saturday. CBS will keep Saturday's rescheduled Titans-Dolphins game and show it to the South Florida and Tennessee markets at 1 p.m. The Sunday telecast was scheduled to go to 24 percent of the country. WFOR-Ch. 4 and WPEC-Ch. 12 will air the U.S. Open (men's semifinals) from noon-1 p.m., go to the football game, then return for the conclusion of the men's matches. WBFS-Ch. 33 and WTVX-Ch. 34 will both carry the U.S. Open (noon-6 p.m.) without interruption.

WQAM (560-AM) sports talk show host Hank Goldberg was taken off the air Tuesday after a parking-lot incident with the station's general sales manager Luanne Winick. Winick was blocking a parking space with her car door open, according to Goldberg, who was trying to park. Goldberg honked his horn. Winick closed her door, and Goldberg said she gave him an angry look. Goldberg cursed at her. "I'm ready to go back to work, but I don't know what's going on," said Goldberg, who is in New Orleans this weekend on a horse-racing assignment for ESPN.

Rick Weaver, the longtime radio voice of the Dolphins, died Saturday in Grosse Point, Mich., where he had been living since retiring from his broadcasting duties in 1993. He was 74. Team spokesman Harvey Greene said Weaver died of colon cancer. "To me, he will always be the signature voice of the Miami Dolphins," said Hank Goldberg, a WQAM talk show host who worked with Weaver for 15 years. Weaver began play-by-play duties for the Dolphins in 1971 and was with them through some of their greatest years, including the 1972 perfect season.

Along with all the problems Hialeah experienced with its tote system and track, another developed Saturday afternoon when radio talk show host Hank Goldberg got into an altercation in the track's Directors Room with Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez. Goldberg, disappointed that he couldn't wager when the AutoTote system crashed, turned around after leaving the window and said, "They ought to put this place mercifully to sleep." This is where the versions differ. "[Martinez) said if you don't like it, get the bleep out of here," Goldberg said.

Mandich-isms. The colloquialisms, inflections and catchphrases of the late South Florida broadcasting treasure Jim Mandich will live on through his numerous fans and their recollections of his calls of Dolphins games or an enjoyable drive time, coming back home after a hard day at work, or perhaps even a day spent, as Jim put it with a wink, as a "corporate, time-stealing weasel. " During the 1990s, Mandich rose in popularity as his ebullient screams of "Yeahhhhhhhh!" or "All right, Miami!"

The biggest radio name in South Florida sports is a loudmouth who loves to drop names, treats all callers equally -- often like dirt -- and who upon announcing the Dolphins` fantastic finish Monday night didn`t know it was his own, too. WIOD will regret this. I am sure. It had no grace. On Tuesday, it dumped Hank Goldberg after 15 years when all it should have done was wash out his mouth. What Goldberg did was commit an ego felony. He treated his boss like a bad caller. After a few weeks of bickering, he told Program Manager Gary Bruce to do the anatomically impossible and instead Bruce did the contractually permissible.

I'm tired of hearing Hank Goldberg badmouth South Florida sports fans for not supporting local sports teams. Charles Bricker hit the nail on the head in his Nov. 30 column: Sportscasters and sportswriters have no concept of the cost and pain-in-the-butt it is to take one's family to one of these events. HARVEY SLAVIN Hollywood

Dave Heffernan, the former University of Miami lineman who will work his first game Saturday as the Hurricanes' radio analyst, says he hasn't been this nervous since his first day as a UM freshman in 1980. "The same fears and butterflies are there," said Heffernan, who can be heard locally Saturday on WIOD (610-AM) when the Hurricanes open the season against Boston College at 3:30 p.m. "I faced Jim Burt that first day and I was nervous. I'm just as nervous now. The only difference is that I won't be all beat up on Sunday."